#11 Hector Sanchez. Low A .274/.336/.394 with 5 HR's.
In retrospect, this was probably too aggressive a placement for Hector on my 2010 Giants Top Prospects list. Then again, catchers who can hit even a little from both sides of the plate have incredible value. Just ask Dioner Navarro! Anyway, I think this is actually a fairly respectable season considering he didn't turn 21 until November, so was age appropriate for the level. It's just that the regression in plate discipline and lack of power development was just a bit disappointing. I'm still pretty optimistic about Hector's future, just maybe not quite as much so as before this year, but that was probably unrealistic anyway. Where will Hector play in 2011? Logic would have him moving up to San Jose and continuing his platoon with Tommy Joseph. Fla-Giant has picked up some talk of him repeating Augusta while Joseph moves up to SJ possibly along with Dan Burkhart. We'll see.
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The saying is that catchers generally take longer to develop and that his offense develops last, isn't it? Besides, no need to push him when Buster should be holding job for years.
ReplyDeleteI am with you, still pretty optimistic. I hew to the rule that once a player displays a skill, he owns it and it is just a matter of him displaying it again. Maybe he focused too much on defense this season? Was this his first full season league too? Maybe he got homesick. In any case, he is still very young, repeating then rising one per year, he would still make majors at age 26, still plenty of time, catchers often do not make majors until late 20's, don't they? If so, he can still repeat a level or two and would still be on track.